The Sámi Parliament in Finland has issued an open letter to Lapland’s wellbeing services county, warning that budget-driven service cuts would affect the entire Arctic region but pose particular risks ...
Off the Map Travel has unveiled the “Sápmi Experience,” an Arctic adventure that offers an immersion into the lifestyles of northern Sweden’s indigenous Sámi people with glamping in a newly built Sámi ...
Special nurseries are helping the Sámi people in Finland to bring their almost-lost language back from the brink of ...
The District Court of Finnish Lapland has overturned all charges of illicit fishing against four Sámi men from Utsjoki, the country's northernmost municipality. According to the court, the Sámi were ...
Russia accounts for the smallest remaining number of the Sámi, an indigenous people of northern Europe. In order to survive, they have decided to give Russian Lapland a modern facelift with a ...
A trip to Finnish Lapland to see Santa Claus, his reindeer and the elves is the stuff of childhood dreams. The funny thing is you’ll probably enjoy it even more as an adult. When the Yuletide bubbly ...
It’s already pitch black at 2.30pm when I pull up at Kukkolaforsen, a hotel and cultural centre on the banks of the Torne river. I’m within the Arctic Circle, more than 600 miles north of Stockholm ...
The Sami flag flies in front of Oslo City Hall, Wednesday Feb. 6, 2019, marking Sami National Day, that is celebrated across Sweden, Norway, Finland and Russia. The day recognises the indigenous Sami ...